Yesterday evening went better than the previous evening. I made it all the way through "Year One Lesson Three (Barre)". I like the faster rond de jambes. I'm having a lot of trouble with two of the parts, though, and those will be my focus of the week. The first one are frappes. Holding the upper thigh in the air gets tough, especially to the side and rear. It makes sense, of course. When have I EVER had to make my legs move into that position? (Never.) So I spent the rest of my time after the class was over working on my side and rear frappes, including getting as close to a 90 degree angle as possible (I don't know what the position is called... but I've seen it used and it's a good exercise for building those muscles anyway.)
The second is a demi plie into tendu and up into releve. I've been working a lot on my calves, even at work, so I don't know why this is so hard for me- maybe it's the demi plie first then up into releve in fifth. By the last one my calves burn and I can barely get a good releve (aside from this, though, I've noticed my releves are definitely improving! It is almost a straight line down my leg through to my toes, whereas when I first started, there was a definite angle at my ankles!) I've been doing a ton of releves, but now I'm going to make my focus doing the demi plies to tendu right up into releve in fifth.
The latter is also troublesome for me because at the end of doing it on one leg, we are supposed to be in fifth and turn our bodies around so we can work on the other leg. I was really confused when I first saw this- but now I can execute the turn, I just have trouble making sure I'm in fifth on the other side when I turn. So I am going to work on that as well.
I've been doing one class a week. I think I will work on this one for longer since it really seems to be a lot harder for me than the first two classes. Also, my Finis Jhung DVD should be in soon. I hope it doesn't start off super hard. If not, I will follow up Chace's lesson with one from that DVD each night.
The second is a demi plie into tendu and up into releve. I've been working a lot on my calves, even at work, so I don't know why this is so hard for me- maybe it's the demi plie first then up into releve in fifth. By the last one my calves burn and I can barely get a good releve (aside from this, though, I've noticed my releves are definitely improving! It is almost a straight line down my leg through to my toes, whereas when I first started, there was a definite angle at my ankles!) I've been doing a ton of releves, but now I'm going to make my focus doing the demi plies to tendu right up into releve in fifth.
The latter is also troublesome for me because at the end of doing it on one leg, we are supposed to be in fifth and turn our bodies around so we can work on the other leg. I was really confused when I first saw this- but now I can execute the turn, I just have trouble making sure I'm in fifth on the other side when I turn. So I am going to work on that as well.
I've been doing one class a week. I think I will work on this one for longer since it really seems to be a lot harder for me than the first two classes. Also, my Finis Jhung DVD should be in soon. I hope it doesn't start off super hard. If not, I will follow up Chace's lesson with one from that DVD each night.
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